Fisher I Government

Government Fisher I: (standing left to right) Gregor McGregor, George Pearce, Josiah Thomas, Frank Tudor, James Hutchison, (seated left to right) Lee Batchelor, Andrew Fisher, Governor General Earl of Dudley, Billy Hughes, Hugh Mahon

The Fisher II government was the sixth government of Australia . It was in office from November 13, 1908 to June 2, 1909. It was a minority government consisting only of Labor Party ministers .

Her previous government was a minority government of the Protectionist Party under Prime Minister Alfred Deakin , supported by the Labor Party. In the parliamentary elections in December 1906, the Protectionist Party lost 10 seats and with 16 seats was only the third largest party in the House of Representatives . The Labor Party won three seats and now had 26 seats, but continued to support the Deakin government. In November 1908 there was a dissent over a customs law and the new regulation of pensions, whereupon the Labor Party withdrew its support and formed a minority government under Andrew Fisher . In 1909 the Protectionist Party merged with the Anti-Socialist Party, the former Free Trade Party to form the Commonwealth Liberal Party (CLP), the new party had a majority of the seats in the House of Representatives . After a vote defeat in Parliament on May 27, 1909, Prime Minister Fisher asked the Governor General Earl of Dudley to dissolve Parliament, but the latter refused. The CLP then formed a new government under Prime Minister Deakin.

List of ministers

Office	minister	Term of office	image
Prime Minister and Treasury Minister	Andrew Fisher	November 13, 1908 - June 2, 1909
Attorney General	Billy Hughes	November 13, 1908 - June 2, 1909
Foreign minister	Lee Batchelor	November 13, 1908 - June 2, 1909
Interior minister	Hugh Mahon	November 13, 1908 - June 2, 1909
Postmaster General	Josiah Thomas	November 13, 1908 - June 2, 1909
Defense Minister	George Pearce	November 13, 1908 - June 2, 1909
Minister for Trade and Customs	Frank Tudor	November 13, 1908 - June 2, 1909
Vice President of the Executive Council	Gregor McGregor	November 13, 1908 - June 2, 1909
Minister without a portfolio	James Hutchison	November 13, 1908 - June 2, 1909

Web links

• Parliamentary Handbook for the 45th Parliament. (PDF; 13.4 MB) Part 6: Historical information on the Australian Parliament - Ministries and Cabinets. Parliament of Australia, p. 521 , accessed April 20, 2019 . 

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} R. Norris: Deakin, Alfred (1856-1919) . In: Douglas Pike (Ed.): Australian Dictionary of Biography . Volume 8. Melbourne University Press, Carlton (Victoria) 1981, ISBN 0-522-84219-4 (English).
2. ↑ DJ Murphy: Fisher, Andrew (1862-1928) . In: Douglas Pike (Ed.): Australian Dictionary of Biography . Volume 8. Melbourne University Press, Carlton (Victoria) 1981, ISBN 0-522-84219-4 (English).
3. ↑ Chris Cunneen: Dudley, second Earl of (1867-1932) . In: Douglas Pike (Ed.): Australian Dictionary of Biography . Volume 8. Melbourne University Press, Carlton (Victoria) 1981, ISBN 0-522-84219-4 (English).